Vilniaus Maratonas

Location: Vilnius
Country: Lithuania
Website: https://www.vilniausmaratonas.lt/
2025 Marathon Date: 14/09/25
2026 Marathon Date: 13/09/26
Winning Time 2025: 02:28:32
% Sub-3s: 2–5%
# Sub-3s: 50–99
Total Runners: 1k–3k

The Vilniaus Maratonas is Lithuania’s premier road race, centred on the capital city and run through a course that blends historic streets with riverside scenery. For sub-3 athletes, it offers a distinctive challenge: a European capital marathon on a smaller scale, combining technical sections with stretches of fast, open road.

The route is entirely urban, taking runners through Vilnius Old Town, along the Neris River and past several key landmarks. Its profile is mixed — not mountainous, but with enough undulation and cornering to break rhythm if you’re not disciplined. Success here depends on composure: finding your line through the early historic streets, settling into rhythm on the riverside sections and holding form through the final return into the city.

Crowd support concentrates around central Vilnius and landmark points, with quieter stretches along the river where runners must rely on focus and pacing discipline. Aid stations are frequent enough to support sub-3 fuelling strategies, though the compact field means spacing is tighter and groups can be sparse.

For those seeking a marathon with character and a distinctly Baltic atmosphere, Vilniaus Maratonas delivers. It’s not the fastest course in Europe, but for a well-prepared runner it offers a fair test and a chance to run sub-3 on a route that rewards patience and mental sharpness as much as leg speed.